This is a solicitation for applications for a Research Internship in the Department of Emergency Medicine at a teaching hospital with an Emergency Medicine Residency Program in Brooklyn. The department has filled 2 research internship positions per year, however a recent change in funding has opened up 2 new lines which will be filled if qualified applicants can be found. Positions can be filled from 6 months to 18 months on an as needed basis. Details follow:

Institution: New York Methodist Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine

Description: The department has 6 to 10 projects running at any given time, with a primary focus on health services research. The department conducts both observational and interventional trials. Focus areas include asthma, acute coronary syndromes, stroke, sepsis, and biomarker surveillance. Successful applicants will be based in the clinical Emergency Department, although research projects run throughout the hospital from the general medical wards to the intensive care units. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required to interface with all members of the medical staff, nursing, patients, and family members. At this time the institution is not sponsoring visa applications.

Ample opportunity to work with faculty and participate in the clinical environment in the Emergency Department. Interns have historically gotten 2 abstracts and 1 manuscript out of a 1 year rotation. Letters of recommendation from faculty will be reflective of level of interest and initiative.

No specific requirements. In the past 10 years our research fellows have gone into Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, OB/GYN, and Pediatrics. We've had a couple of interested applications for the new slot, although we recently had an unexpected PGY-1 opening in our EM residency and one of our research fellows took the slot. So we are short once again.